| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Tonga |
| Dates | 23 April–3 May 2002 |
| Teams | 7 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Australia (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  New Zealand |
| Third place | Tonga |
| Fourth place |  Samoa |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 13 |
| Goals scored | 91 (7 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Amber Hearn (10 goals) |
| 2004 → | |
The 2002 OFC Women's Under 19 Qualifying Tournament was the inaugural edition of what would later be known as the OFC U-20 Women's Championship, a biennial international football competition for women's under-20 national teams organised by Oceania Football Confederation. It was hosted by Tonga from 23 April–3 May 2002.
Players born on or after 1 January 1983 were eligible to participate in the competition.
In the final, Australia defeated New Zealand 6–0.
By winning the tournament, Australia also qualified for the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, the inaugural FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, in Canada.
Qualification
All members of the Oceania Football Confederation qualified automatically, however, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu withdrew before the tournament began.
Participating teams
The following teams participated in the 2006 OFC U-20 Women's Championship tournament:
| Country |
|---|
 American Samoa
|
| Australia
|
 Cook Islands
|
 Fiji
|
| New Zealand
|
| Samoa
|
| Tonga
|
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | +20 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Samoa
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 4 | |
| 3 | American Samoa
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Fiji
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 1 |
| American Samoa | 0–0 | Fiji |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| New Zealand | 10–0 | Samoa |
|---|---|---|
Clapham  Hearn Meo Duncan Yallop Ray |
Report |
| New Zealand | 2–0 | American Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| Duncan Hearn |
Report |
| Samoa | 2–1 | Fiji |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| New Zealand | 8–0 | Fiji |
|---|---|---|
| Duncan Hearn McColl Ray Thompson |
Report |
| Samoa | 2–2 | American Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | +26 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Tonga (H)
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 1 | |
| 3 | Cook Islands
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 1 |
(H) Hosts
| Tonga | 0–11 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Crawford 5' McCallum 19', 88'Davison 22'Munoz 28'Kuralay 44', 50', 67'Slatyer 51'Neilson 63'Stocco 75' |
| Cook Islands | 0–15 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Gill 7', 10' Cannuli 20', 34', 45', 72'Davison 22'Mitchell 28'McShea 37', 62'Slatyer 64'Canham 74', 89'Kuralay 82'Harch 90' |
| Cook Islands | 1–1 | Tonga |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 1 May | ||||||
| New Zealand | 15 | |||||
| 3 May | ||||||
| Tonga | 0 | |||||
| New Zealand | 0 | |||||
| 1 May | ||||||
| Australia | 6 | |||||
| Australia | 13 | |||||
| Samoa | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 3 May | ||||||
| Tonga | 2 | |||||
| Samoa | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
| New Zealand | 15–0 | Tonga |
|---|---|---|
| Hearn Clapham Thompson Duncan Meo McColl Yallop |
Report |
| Australia | 13–0 | Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| Davison 2' McCallum 3'Crawford 11', 14', 42'Harch 19'Kuralay 37', 58', 64', 70', 84'Cannuli 74'Gill 77' |
Report |
Third-place match
| Samoa | 0–2 | Tonga |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Final
| Australia | 6–0 | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Munoz 30', 70' McCallum 36'Crawford 56'Davison 61', 78' |
Report |
Top goalscorers
- 10 goals
- 9 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
References
- Zlotkowski, Andre (17 April 2014). "OFC Under 19 Women's Qualifying Tournament 2002". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
External links
| OFC U-19/U-20 Women's Championship | |
|---|---|
| U-20 | |
| U-19 | |
| Squads | |